Pge Four.
THE REGISTER-GUARD. EUGENE. OREGON
Navy Guns Reach
Far With Blasts
I (CONTINUED FBOM PAGE 1)
according to their wear and the
number of times they have been
; fired, the big guna are taken into
'shop and relined. For a 16-inch
! gun, this little job, plus the forg
! lng, costs $30,000.
j Ammunition is put together at
'the 24 shore stations of the ord
inance bureau, most of them, like
that at Hawthorne, Nevada, hid-
i den in the wastelands far from
eities. They are a constant target
;in time of war. And Lake Den
1 mark, N. J., blew up in peacetime,
j At these stations, supplies of TNT,
i mines and shells are tucked away
1 in deep concrete emplacements.
! Armor plate is made of spe
' daily treated steel If It is heavy
armor, it is case hardened.
I It varies in width and thickness
i from the light plating around
! bridges and fire control tops to the
: huge slabs that shield the turrets.
The latter is from 12 to 16 inches
I thick in the areas between the
i first and last turret, tapers to six
I or eight inches forward and aft.
ji Armor 12 to It inches thick
' covers the face of the turrets.
, From above the steering engine
; room In the after part of the ship,
all the way to the bow, are one or
; more armored decks of steel from
i three to six inches thick, guarding
against bombs and downslantlng
shells.
" Most battleships are equipped
llwlth so-called blisters as a pro
jection against mines and tor
;t pedoes. These are false steel hulls
with water tight compartments In
: which an explosion would lose it
self without damage to the true
l-hull.
jj And inside the true hull is a
;' third bulkhead. The space be
iitween each of these Is filled with
J watertight compartments into
ii which water might be locked If
i' the ship were hit, allowing the
J.' vessel to move steadily along in
I the line of battle.
J These are only a few of the
ii most prominent bulges that go
i' Into the muscles of the fleet, a few
.of the callouses on the thick skin
ii that must guard it from danger.
i More of them are being added day
iJbydty.
:i These are some of the reasons
JJwhy it costs over a million dollars
a year to maintain and operate
ii each big ship not counting pay
J for the men and the cost of naval
shore establishments.
ii
J During the last 40 years, the
ii manufacturers of automobiles in
lithe United States have produced
,1 79,000,000 cara valued at $53,000,-
' 000,000.
New Combat
Method Seen
LONDON, Nov. 21 (U.B Great
Britain soon will put to use a new
and effective method of combat
ing German night raiders.
"Eventually," one expert said,
"night bombing will diminish the
same way that heavy day bomb
ing has decreased. We are work
ing on several promising methods,
but there is no single remedy for
it."
Raiders Scattered
Over Island Front
LONDON, Nov. 21. (Lon
don's sirens sounded two daylight
alerts in quick succession today,
shortly after raiders were report
ed over scattered towns in England.
The raiders defied a gale over
the channel to make their day
light stabs at Britain, and even as
they crossed a heavy cross-channel
gun duel raged below them,
in spite of low visibility.
The first two daylight raids on
London were of short duration.
A southeast England village
turned out en masse to help fire
men control fires caused last night
by hundreds of incendiary bombs
dropped by nazi raiders.
In the London area a high ex
plosive bomb killed a family of
four.
Terrific anti-aircraft fire was
reported today to have taken the
sting out of the nazis' second suc
cessive night of "all out" raiding
on Britain's vital Midlands and
the government described the at
tacks as "intermittent and on a
minor scale."
Apparently trying to strike an
other blow similar to that at Cov
entry a week ago, swarms of raid
ers poured over an east Midlands
town during the night but were
said to have been dispersed by
ground guns after less than two
hours of incendiary bomb-dropping
first step in the technique of
total air war.
Vancouver Plywood
Plant Fire-Damaged
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 21.
C) Firemen fought a blare in
the Vancouver plywood and
veneer plant yesterday for nearly
an hour. . Damage may exceed
$15,000.
The company was working on
national defense orders, but Fire
Chief P. E. Dupaul said there was
no indication of incendiarism.
Three Are Jailed
By City Police
Two drunks and an alleged car
prowler were Jailed by the city
police Wednesday night and will
appear in court Friday. A case
of theft from a car and theft of
a boy's bicycle were also reported
to the police.
"John Doe" was picked up at
Broadway and Willamette while
drunk and Herbert Hunt, who had
"passed out" in front of the Tif
fany building at the corner of
Eighth avenue and Willamette
street was jailed on a drunk
charge.
Harold Thibodo, a transient from
Rosebud, Mont., was arrested at
Seventh avenue and Oak street at
8:80, charged with prowling cars
in that vicinity.
Glenn Clinton, Camp Skinner
Butte, reported that his bicycle
had been stolen at Broadway and
High some time between 7:30 and
1p.m.
E. J. Loucks, Route 4, Eugene,
reported to police that between 7
and 8 p. m. his car, parked in
front of 408 Monroe street, was
rifled and three blankets, a whisk
broom, a flashlight and other ar
ticles were stolen.
King Addresses
Thanks To America
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
lions on Britain's war aims,
Churchill proclaimed his govern
nent's intention to keep parlia
mentary institutions "vital and
active" even "under enemy fire."
Churchill declared that he look
ed forward "wth confidence and
hope" to the time "when we our
selves shall be as well-armed as
our antagonists" and beyond that
to the time when "the arsenals
and training grounds and science
of the British empire" will "bring
victory and deliverance to all
mankind."
King George paid a tribute to
United States aid to Britain both
n his opening speech today and
in another proroguing the old
session yesterday. The latter was1
read by Lord Simon the lord
:hancellor.
Todav the king attended the
ceremony in the house of lords
clad in the uniform of an admiral
of the fleet.
Queen Elizabeth accompanied
him wearing a gown and coat of
deep purple. The ceremony was
shorn of much of its customary
pomp because of the war.
The king made his opening
Tour-minute address in firm mea
sured tones.
"It is good to know In these'
fateful times how widely shared
are the Ideals of ordered freedom.
Justice and security, the monarch
said. ' . ..
The king also revealed bit
"gratification" at the exchange of
British defense bases for Ameri
can destroyers. He said in the
speech read by Lord Simon that
he hoped the bases would "serve
to defend the heritage of free
men." ,
Churchill said "the valiant and
sudden uprising" of the Greeks
had already "almost purged" their
soil of an attack which he de
scribed as "pure and unmitigated
brigandage."
The prime minister expressed
hope that Britain would be able
to give from her resources, "al-,
ways heavily strained," a "help
ful measure of assistance to the
Greeks" and that "we shall be
able to discharge our responsibil
ity to Egypt in defending ita aoil
and guarding the vital artery of
the Suez canal."
"Even If the whole of the homes
ill over the country are levelled,"
Churchill said, "we shall still be
found all standing together and
we shall build them up again after
the fighting is over."
He urged the house of commons
not to lose sight of its democratic
duty of "giving guidance to the
nation and, if necessary, correc
tion to the executive."
Parliament, he said, stood as
custodian of the people's "surren
dered liberties," and "its most
sacred duty will be to Testore
them in their fullness when vic
tory has crowned our exertioi
and our perseverance."
President Invites
Guests To Tax Supper
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. 1
Four too congressional tax lead
ers, it was learned today, have
seen invited to an informal White
House supper with President
Roosevelt for the first of a series
of conferences expected to result
in a general revision or tne na
tion's tax laws to meet national
defense expenditures.
The invitations for tne evening
of Nov. 29 went to Chairman
Harrison (D-Miss.) and Senator
George (D-Ga.) of the senate fi
nance committee and Chairman
Doughton (D-N.C.) and Rep. Coo
per (D-Tenn.) of tha house ways
and means committee.
Portland Cops Good,
If Given Their Time!
PORTLAND. Nov. 21. MV-
Five policemen tagged a parked
automobile on Southwest Third
avenue for overtime parking yes
terday.
As the sixth was making out
his tag he recognized the car as
one reported stolen.
In the opinion of some expe
rienced motor mechanics, most
cars are driven on a fuel mixture
that is entirely too rich.
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Production Gimbs
Above, 1929 Levels
' WASHINGTON, NTO Jl U
i.n..n inriustrv. measured in
terms of production, ha climbed
past the 192B peaK-year ieve.
Government economist expect
further rise a the spending of
defense billion get under wsy
this winter.
But on the other side of the
economic picture unemployment
is still a major national problem;
the public debt has reached an
li.ttma hieh- there are prospects
of a further debt increase; and
at the end of October, an esti
mated 17,156,000 people were be
ing supported by federal, state
and local reuez cnecics.
Those are the highlights of the
economic situation in the U. S. A.
as gleaned by the United Press
from government sna private iw
tisties. -
Industrial production In October
of this year reached a record high
of 128 on the federal reserve
board's adjusted inces (1933-39
eouals 100).
Average living costs, computed
for September, 1940, were below
those for the pre-depression boom
year. The September figure ex
actly corresponded with the "nori
mal average" of 100 for the years
1935 to 1939 inclusive. The living
cost in 1929 stood at 123. ,
Total income payments to Amer
icans in September, 1940 includ
ing wages, salaries, returns on in
vestments, etc. were within 9 per
cent of the average for 1929, ac
cording to the commerce depart'
ment. Salaries and wages, which
make up the major part of the
total income payments rose to
91.5 as compared with an Index of
100 for 1929.
Unemployment estimates, com
piled by the American Federation
of-Labor, placed the number at
8,544,230 during September, com
pared with an average of 1,864,000
unemployed In 1929. The AFL es
timated 10,656,043 in January,
1940, and a depression record of
13.270,669 in 1933.
Employment statistics for Aug
ust the latest available and ex
clusive of agricultural work show
that there were 36,627,000 persons
employed, r gain of more than
1,000,000 in one month. This rep
resent the largest rate of increase
for any single month since 1919.
According to government eeono.
mists, one of the most significant
indications of the steady improve
ment in business conditions is the
increase in American income.
The cumulative total for the first
nine months of the year shows a
rise of approximately $2,900,000,
000 in total income over the cor
responding period last year $51,
068,000,000 to $53,962,000,000.
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Kansas Republican
Regains Vote Lead
TOPEKA, Kas., Nov. 21. (Ph
Gov. FTayne Ratner, republican
who proclaimed Nov. 28 Thanks
giving day in Kansas, will cele
brate on President Roosevelt's day
of Thanksgiving after all.
-He finally had regained the lead,
although only by 53 votes, in' his
contest for re-election over Wil
liam H. Burke, democratic banker
from Little River.
Official returns, still incomplete
16 days after the election, gave
itamer 425,213 and Burke 425,160.
Labor Racketeers
May Get AFL Pressure
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 21. OP)
Success In some form for s
measure that would drive rack
eteers out of its labor unions was
forecast today by a key man in
the American Federation of Labor.
But while the rest of the AFL
convention delegates observed
Thanksgiving day, representatives
of the international ladies gar
ment workers, which has 100,000
members in the New York area,
met to consider demands for a
wage hike and the possibility of a
striKe.
Bombers From Britain
Hammer German Port
LONDON. Nov. 21. fP Brit.
ish bombers hammered the Ger
man inland port of Duisburg.
Rohrort in "a large scale attack'
last night, the air ministry an.
nounced today.
Damage was done to shipping
and warehouses, it said, "and
many fires and explosions occur
red." Other British air squadrons at
tacked German air bases and the
"invasion ports" of Lorient, Cher
bourg, Dunkerque and Ostend, the
communique said.
It acknowledged that one Brit
ish plane was missing.
The average motor plant worker
drew $32.90 weekly in the first six
montns tnis year.
A 20-carat diamond was found
In a piece of the great meteorite
that fell to earth in Arizona and
formed Meteor Crater.
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